2 files changed, 47 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_parse.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_parse.c
index 12c51e4ad2b4..ea6fd552c7ea 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_parse.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_parse.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <linux/pci_regs.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/ioport.h>
+#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
 #include <asm/prom.h>
 #include <asm/pci-bridge.h>
 
@@ -1003,3 +1004,42 @@ int of_irq_map_one(struct device_node *device, int index, struct of_irq *out_irq
         return res;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_irq_map_one);
+
+/**
+ * Search the device tree for the best MAC address to use.  'mac-address' is
+ * checked first, because that is supposed to contain to "most recent" MAC
+ * address. If that isn't set, then 'local-mac-address' is checked next,
+ * because that is the default address.  If that isn't set, then the obsolete
+ * 'address' is checked, just in case we're using an old device tree.
+ *
+ * Note that the 'address' property is supposed to contain a virtual address of
+ * the register set, but some DTS files have redefined that property to be the
+ * MAC address.
+ *
+ * All-zero MAC addresses are rejected, because those could be properties that
+ * exist in the device tree, but were not set by U-Boot.  For example, the
+ * DTS could define 'mac-address' and 'local-mac-address', with zero MAC
+ * addresses.  Some older U-Boots only initialized 'local-mac-address'.  In
+ * this case, the real MAC is in 'local-mac-address', and 'mac-address' exists
+ * but is all zeros.
+*/
+const void *of_get_mac_address(struct device_node *np)
+{
+        struct property *pp;
+
+        pp = of_find_property(np, "mac-address", NULL);
+        if (pp && (pp->length == 6) && is_valid_ether_addr(pp->value))
+                return pp->value;
+
+        pp = of_find_property(np, "local-mac-address", NULL);
+        if (pp && (pp->length == 6) && is_valid_ether_addr(pp->value))
+                return pp->value;
+
+        pp = of_find_property(np, "address", NULL);
+        if (pp && (pp->length == 6) && is_valid_ether_addr(pp->value))
+                return pp->value;
+
+        return NULL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_get_mac_address);
+
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_soc.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_soc.c
index 34161bc5a02f..d20f02927f72 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_soc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_soc.c
@@ -233,14 +233,7 @@ static int __init gfar_of_init(void)
                         goto err;
                 }
 
-                mac_addr = get_property(np, "local-mac-address", NULL);
-                if (mac_addr == NULL)
-                        mac_addr = get_property(np, "mac-address", NULL);
-                if (mac_addr == NULL) {
-                        /* Obsolete */
-                        mac_addr = get_property(np, "address", NULL);
-                }
-
+                mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(np);
                 if (mac_addr)
                         memcpy(gfar_data.mac_addr, mac_addr, 6);
 
@@ -646,8 +639,9 @@ static int __init fs_enet_of_init(void)
                         goto unreg;
                 }
 
-                mac_addr = get_property(np, "mac-address", NULL);
-                memcpy(fs_enet_data.macaddr, mac_addr, 6);
+                mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(np);
+                if (mac_addr)
+                        memcpy(fs_enet_data.macaddr, mac_addr, 6);
 
                 ph = get_property(np, "phy-handle", NULL);
                 phy = of_find_node_by_phandle(*ph);
@@ -931,8 +925,9 @@ static int __init fs_enet_of_init(void)
                         goto err;
                 r[0].name = enet_regs;
 
-                mac_addr = (void *)get_property(np, "mac-address", NULL);
-                memcpy(fs_enet_data.macaddr, mac_addr, 6);
+                mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(np);
+                if (mac_addr)
+                        memcpy(fs_enet_data.macaddr, mac_addr, 6);
 
                 ph = (phandle *) get_property(np, "phy-handle", NULL);
                 if (ph != NULL)